The Undershaw Preservation Trust, and how to help
* 08 April 2012

Commissioned and owned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and
the site where he wrote many of his most famous works including The
Hound of the Baskervilles and The Return of Sherlock Holmes,
Undershaw is a building deserving preservation for the British
nation, and indeed the world, for all time. Sadly, the building is
currently subject to threatened redevelopment into a series of
homes.

The Undershaw Preservation Trust has been set
up in an attempt to stave off these threatened building works, and
the permanent change of Undershaw forever. The Trust is vigorously
working towards building support ahead of a judicial review into
the case on May 23rd 2012.

One of the most powerful ways to aid the Trust's
cause is through the use of Social Media. The Undershaw
Preservation Trust has set a target of 10,000 members on their Facebook page ahead of the review - they
are currently on 9294 Likes at the time of writing, so not far to
go.

Another place where you can show your support is via
Twitter. The accounts you should look to follow are @Save_Undershaw, and @spiritangel04, both informing and
supporting the cause.

MX Publishing, one of the UK's leading
independent publishers based in London who specialise in the
publication of works on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock
Holmes, are currently running a poster creation campaign where you have
the chance to win $100 worth of Sherlock books.

You can also download and print off the supporting
posters below which were created by Kitsune
GFX as well as order t-shirts and stickers to help raise
awareness. Click on the poster to download a printable PDF.

All that remains to be said is that people power and the
strength of public opinion is a powerful tool. If enough people
come together in support of the preservation of Undershaw in the
next month, there could be a chance to turn around the threatened
development work on the property.